. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. Raccoon 1011 .^^. Fic. 233âMaatology of the Cooo 9. Sprini^eld. Out., Juue »5, iHSa. In addition to the Family and generic characters unmis- size takable specific peculiarities. An adult male killed at Springfield, near Toronto, Ont., June 25, i888, was 32^ inches (826 mm.) from tip of nose to tip of tail-bone. The head and body from nose to ischium were 23i inches (604 mm.); the tail-bone, lof inches (263 mm.); from tip of front toe to tip of outstretched hind
. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. Raccoon 1011 .^^. Fic. 233âMaatology of the Cooo 9. Sprini^eld. Out., Juue »5, iHSa. In addition to the Family and generic characters unmis- size takable specific peculiarities. An adult male killed at Springfield, near Toronto, Ont., June 25, i888, was 32^ inches (826 mm.) from tip of nose to tip of tail-bone. The head and body from nose to ischium were 23i inches (604 mm.); the tail-bone, lof inches (263 mm.); from tip of front toe to tip of outstretched hind toe, 371 inches (950 mm.). This was a very fine and fat individual. ^ Hind-foot of another speci- /"^X-â^> - - "^ :*,, mm.). A female caught at the same place, fifteen days earlier, was 31J inches (801 mm.) from tip of nose to tip of tail-bone; the head and body from nose to ischium were 21 \\ inches (552 mm.); the tail-bone, n mches (280 mm.). She was still in milk; her 6 teats were as shown in Fig. 233. The above male weighed 18 pounds; the female barely 10. weight 1 consider the male about average size and the female small Audubon and Bachman give> 22 pounds as the ascertained weight of a good size male. In general the Coon is of a dull brownish-gray, becoming colour yellower on the back, strongly yellow on nape and on tail, and a paler gray on the belly and feet; on all the upper parts, es- pecially along the spine, the long hairs are black tipped, and on the under parts they are white tipped. On the cheek is a black patch that includes the eye, and joins with the narrow blackish stripe that runs from the nose to the dark colour on the fore- head. Around this the face is dull white, whitest in a band above each eye; the lower back part of the ear is black, which joins with a black patch on the neck behind the ear-the tip of ⢠A., 1849, Vol. n, p. 76. â â. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have bee
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